The 2025 Golden State Connection

Name: The 2025 Golden State Connection
Start: 2025-02-27T07:45:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-28T12:15:00-08:00
Location: Golden Hills Community Church

Schedule

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 07:45 am to Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 12:15 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Golden Hills Community Church | Brentwood, CA

Teaching the next generation through a proper understanding of biblical worldview shaping with practical tools in the classroom
About this Event

BJU Press is excited to host a professional development event in northern California! This event offers practical tools to equip educators for biblical worldview shaping. Continuing education units will be available, and sessions will feature BJU Press national consultants and special speakers.

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 8:15 AM–3:45 PM (Check-in begins at 7:45 AM)

Friday, February 28, 2025, 8:00 AM–12:15 PM

The event will be held at Golden Hill Community Church and Christian School, 2401 Shady Willow Ln, Brentwood, CA 94513.

Registration includes lunch on Thursday and refreshments throughout the event.

Tentative Schedule:

Day 1

7:45 AM Check-In Begins
8:15 AM Welcome/Announcements
8:35 AM Keynote Session
10:05 AM Breakout Sessions
11:20 AM Breakout Sessions
12:20 PM Lunch on Site
1:20 PM Breakout Sessions
2:35 PM Keynote Session

Day 2

8:00 AM Keynote Session
9:30 AM Breakout Sessions
10:45 AM Keynote Session
11:45 AM Drawing Winners Announced/Closing Prayer

Breakout sessions will include a variety of topics covering early learning, elementary, secondary, administrative, and general subjects such as:

Friends from Focus on Fives (Early Childhood)
Who's Running the Show? (Elementary)
Math is Neutral and Other Worldview Myths (Elementary)
Teaching Critical Thinking in the Secondary Math Classroom (Secondary)
Teaching English Christianly (Secondary)
Dyslexia: 10 Things Parents Want Teachers to Know (General)
Give Me a Break! How the Science of the Brain Can Flip the Script in Your Classroom (General)